Stanley had a difficult childhood, working odd jobs from a young age after fleeing the abuse at a warehouse to live with relatives. He later served in the Confederate army and merchant ships. The document then discusses David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer famous for exploring Africa and spreading Christianity. It describes Stanley's expedition funded by the American consul to travel 750 miles inland to Ujiji to find Livingstone. The expedition faced many hardships along the way such as supplies being stolen, men deserting or falling ill, and conflicts with local tribes. After overcoming these obstacles, Stanley confirmed he had found Livingstone in Ujiji.
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STANLEY FINDS LIVINGSTONE PPT PREPARED BY BHARATH PRABHU
Stanley had a difficult childhood, working odd jobs from a young age after fleeing the abuse at a warehouse to live with relatives. He later served in the Confederate army and merchant ships. The document then discusses David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer famous for exploring Africa and spreading Christianity. It describes Stanley's expedition funded by the American consul to travel 750 miles inland to Ujiji to find Livingstone. The expedition faced many hardships along the way such as supplies being stolen, men deserting or falling ill, and conflicts with local tribes. After overcoming these obstacles, Stanley confirmed he had found Livingstone in Ujiji.
Stanley had a difficult childhood, working odd jobs from a young age after fleeing the abuse at a warehouse to live with relatives. He later served in the Confederate army and merchant ships. The document then discusses David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer famous for exploring Africa and spreading Christianity. It describes Stanley's expedition funded by the American consul to travel 750 miles inland to Ujiji to find Livingstone. The expedition faced many hardships along the way such as supplies being stolen, men deserting or falling ill, and conflicts with local tribes. After overcoming these obstacles, Stanley confirmed he had found Livingstone in Ujiji.
➢FATHER – JOHN ROWLANT ( FARMER ) ➢AT THE AGE OF 6 - warehouse - he fled to his relatives house - odd jobs till he was 17 - he sailed as a cabin boy from Liverpool to new orleans ➢He was adopted by a merchant ➢Stanley for the confederates in the us civil war ➢Served as seman in merchant ships and federal navy ➢NAME - DAVID LIVINGSTONE
➢DOB - 19TH MARCH 1813 , SCOTLAND , UK
➢DIED - 1 MAY 1873 DUE TO MALARIA
➢WELL KNOWN FOR - SPREADING THE GOSPEL AND
EXPLORATION OF AFRICA DAVID LIVINGSTONE’S MONUMENTS Scene - 1 Staley’s expedition –
➢Had to travel to ujiji , eastern shore of
Tanganyika ➢750 miles from the coast ➢Funded by American consul Supplies - Supplies - Resources -
➢70 pound load carried on their head
➢Weighed over 6 tons ➢200 potters ➢2 ex-navy merchants ➢Few donkeys ➢5 caravans SCENE – 2
➢SETTING OF WITH A GOOD SPIRIT
➢WAVING THEIR AMERICAN FLAGS AND SINGING ➢STANLEY CHOSE TO GO DUE WEST ➢SAVANNAH TURNED INTO A BOG ➢TEMP ROSE TO 53.3 DEGREES ➢ATTACKED BY INSECTS AND CAUGHT FEVER PROBLEMS FACED DURING THE FIRST PART OF THEIR EXPEDITION
➢NATIVES STOLE RESOURCES
➢MANY DESERTED ➢MEN FELL ILL WITH SMALL POX , DYSENTERY , ELEPHANTIASIS OR MALARIA ➢FEW DIED ON THE MARCH ➢NATIVES DEMANDED PAYMENT TO PASS THEIR LAND ➢ THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED A RIVER AND A PLATEAU WAAAAAR WITH THE TRIBES SCENE - 3
➢AFTER THE WAR , HE GOT A FRESH START
➢HE TOOK A DETOUR TO UJIJI ➢HE ENTERED PART THICK FOREST , SANK IN RIVER , MUD LOTS ➢60 MILES SHORT UJIJI , HE CONFIRMED THAT A WHITE AMERICAN WAS TO BE SEEN IN UJIJI ➢STANLEY SAID – “HURRAH!” “ THIS IS LIVINGSTONE . WE MUST MARCH QUICKLY , LEST HE HEARS THAT WE ARE COMING AND RUNS AWAY….”
The Book of the Bush: Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the Early Colonial Life of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, and Others Who Left Their Native Land and Never Returned